Short Poppies

Head Ranger of Pohutukawa Park. Bill runs the park with military precision despite having never been accepted into the army. Bill prides himself on being an outdoors expert and friend to the trees. The day David Farrier spends with Bill at the Park coincides with the annual kite day and is also the day Bill loses his coffee mug. Both events cause unexpected tension and crises. 2014 Augusto Limited. Under Exclusive License to Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Ltd.

Steve's narcolepsy prevents him holding down a job which has gifted him the opportunity to become a full time UF-ologist after a series of 'out of this world' experiences. He holds a support group at the local library for people who have experienced alien contact and runs a hotline through which he gathers information on encounters. On the day David Farrier meets Steve, he gets the tip-off of a lifetime and prepares to offer himself to visiting aliens as an ambassador for human kind. 2014 Augusto Limited. Under Exclusive License to Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Ltd.

Young entrepreneur Ron is a local boy who has set up his own whale-watching business to earn the tourist dollar. He's borrowed his father's rowboat, and two sets of binoculars and he has a loaf of bread for feeding, and has an unrivaled knowledge of what whales look like. But after a day out on one of Ron's whale watching ventures David Farrier finds himself implicated in yet another of Ron's brushes with the law. 2014 Augusto Limited. Under Exclusive License to Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Ltd.

Mary is a serial complainer. She pens letters, she argues and she protests. She isn't really happy unless she's unhappy. For her, life is about pointing out all the things that are wrong. Whether it be her own friends, or the noise from a local daycare. She's the sort of lady that is constantly writing letters to the editor. Things go topsy turvy when she doesn't get her way with the local council over a dispute between her lady walking club and the local cyclists. 2014 Augusto Limited. Under Exclusive License to Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Ltd.

Head Ranger of Pohutukawa Park. Bill runs the park with military precision despite having never been accepted into the army. Bill prides himself on being an outdoors expert and friend to the trees. The day David Farrier spends with Bill at the Park coincides with the annual kite day and is also the day Bill loses his coffee mug. Both events cause unexpected tension and crises. 2014 Augusto Limited. Under Exclusive License to Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Ltd.

Local artist and sole mother Louise works a car park toll booth. The toll booth is also her painting studio and she does a popular line in portraits of drivers in their cars. But her chaotic lifestyle comes to a head on the day David Farrier meets her finding her in conflict with the Headmaster at her son's school and with local complainer Mary Ledbetter. 2014 Augusto Limited. Under Exclusive License to Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Ltd.

New Zealand始s no.1 驶Muscle Car始 enthusiast. Rhod始s pride and joy is his Mazderatti, a converted Mazda that he hopes will be his ticket to gaining membership to the local car club. Rhod doesn始t really know anything about cars, that始s all the work of his best mate Dwayne, but Rhod knows plenty about the law because he始s the one and only local lawyer. David Farrier meets Rhod on the day of the car club meeting and discovers a man with a very broad interpretation of the law but a very sure interpretation of loyalty and friendship. (Original Title - Rhod Gainer) - 2014 Augusto Limited. Under Exclusive License to Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Ltd.

It's been 3 months since the filming and David's back to see the people he met and find out what has happened to their lives and dreams since he left. He's also in town to attend a screening that the network have put on for the local people to show them highlights from the upcoming series that has been made about their town. Network Executive Hayden Clarke is the host of the event but things take a turn at the screening when people see how they've been portrayed. 2014 Augusto Limited. Under Exclusive License to Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Ltd.